U.S. warships will travel through the Panama Canal "first and free," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday as he visited the nation to push back on Chinese influence.

PANAMA CITY — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck off the Pacific coast of Panama on Monday, authorities said. No injuries or damage was immediately reported.

Chiquita Panama's administrative staff have left the country and the firm will seek authorization from the government to sack its remaining personnel in Panama, the nation's labor minister said on ...

An earthquake with a preliminary 6.2 magnitude struck off the Pacific coast of Panama on Monday, authorities said. No injuries or damage were immediately reported.

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The Panama Canal has spent the past few years battling extreme weather, with the El Niño phenomenon and severe drought leading to a water-level crisis. Now, it’s President Trump’s trade war ...

Panama declares emergency over banana region unrest Constitutional rights are suspended for five days in the Bocas del Toro province after mass looting.

Panama is one of the world's leading producers of bananas — they're considered a vital part of the Panamanian economy and one of the country's top five export products ...

In Panama, indigenous peoples rub shoulders with Caribbeans, conquistador descendants, Chinese, and others, including some 16,000 Jews.

US military personnel have commenced joint training exercises in Panama following a controversial bilateral agreement that has sparked widespread public opposition in the Central American nation ...

The 40-page report “‘Nobody Cared, Nobody Listened:’ The US Expulsion of Third-Country Nationals to Panama” documents this mass expulsion. Human Rights Watch exposes harsh detention ...